Bassett and Rodrigo met on the set of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in 2019. Their characters had on-screen chemistry, and the two grew closer off screen before eventually dating.
During an interview Bassett did with Chicks in the Office, he spoke about spending a lot of time with Rodrigo on and off-set writing songs together.
We are very close, I think… We spent every hour on and off set sending each other ideas. When we were on set, anytime we were playing, I would have my guitar or there was always a piano around, so we definitely spent a lot of time together. And yeah, she’s very wonderful, and she’s definitely a homie.
They later separated in 2020 after a few months together. Neither of the two revealed any reasons for their break off and many speculated Carpenter to be the reason for it.
The speculations were further fueled by Rodrigo’s song where she mentioned “blonde girl” who’s “so much older”. The description fit Carpenter, as she was four years older than Rodrigo.
Carpenter’s song ‘Skin’ was also thought to be a diss track towards Rodrigo, but the singer clarified it wasn’t so. In an Instagram post, she explained that the song was about not letting things get under her skin and influence her feelings.
Carpenter also referred to ‘drivers license’ as a magnificent song and thanked the people who had listened to her song with an open mind lyrically.
